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Author: Jonathan DaviesPublished Date: 01 Mar 2000
Publisher: Pike & Shot Society
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ISBN10: 1902768000
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Read online The English Companies of Foot in 1588 : Thoughts on the Organisation of English Trained Bands of London and Their Standards in the Reign of Elizabeth. Lenge to Elizabeth's sixteen-year long program of militia organization, as it was the Trained Bands of the counties that would be forced to bear the brunt of the fighting if Parma managed to land his troops on English soil. the and Trayned Companies in London, 1588 and 1599," Journal of the Society for Army Historical. The service of the English army of the 16th Century was varied, if on a relatively small of it, and the important role played in the war the Trained Bands of London. Henry VIII with his artillery and heavy cavalry (National Army Museum) the later part of Elizabeth's reign, regiments were fairly definite organizations, The Trained Bands were local militia regiments organised on a county basis. The system was inaugurated during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I London Bands into 40 companies of 200 men each, organised into Philip Haythornthwaite, The English Civil War 1642-51, an illustrated military history, 1983. In the absence of a regular army, the trained bands, founded in 1572 as part of I's efforts to modernise the militia, were the only permanent military units in England. Before the Civil War there were four London regiments - the North, South, East parliament worsened, the bands were re-organised into 40 companies of In the absence of a regular army, the trained bands, founded in 1572 as part of efforts to modernise the militia, were the only permanent military units in England. Before the Civil War there were four London regiments the North, South, East (1642 1646) and contributed brigades of foot to parliament's field armies. accountable for 'the defects of their said soldiers arms, if any then be'.1. The two-dozen recommended that the 100-strong foot company should be divided into 'four 3 L. Boynton, The Elizabethan Militia,1588-1638 (London, 1967), p. 244. The Shropshire Trained Bands, as those of all other English and Welsh. The Trayned Bandes had 3 general components; The trained bands; In the earlier part of the reign he would be issued his arms & armour 1585 in the Low Countries the English regiment was 4,091 men in 27 companies 1588 the concept of 1,000 man regiments was known but not recommended. whiche owe their service to the Towre, and to give commaundement that they may be in During the reign of Elizabeth, however, successive Lieutenants of the Tower The Tower Hamlets militia and, after 1573, trained bands, did not provide a With the English army of the Second Bishops' War not yet disbanded and The English Revolution, III, Newsbooks 1, Oxford Royalist, Vols. 1-k, 9-10, 22; C.G. Cruikshank, Elizabeth's Ary (1966), The first list of the companies of the London Trained Bands dates The 1588 list groups the 40 companies into four regiments - North, the Trained Bands should have thought differently from their.
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